Newsletter Number #165  ( November issue 2005 A.D. Gaurabda 519 )
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"May there be good fortune throughout the universe, and may all envious persons be pacified. May all living entities become calm by practicing bhakti-yoga, for by accepting devotional service they will think of each other’s welfare. Therefore let us all engage in the service of the supreme transcendence, Lord Sri Krishna, and always remain absorbed in thought of Him."(Srimad Bhagavatam 5:18:9.)

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The Nectar in this Issue 

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(Chaturmasya is not observed during Purusottama Adhika Masa.)

Fourth month of Chaturmasya (Karttika mase) begins. (Fast from urad dahl for one month.)

Sri Gopastami, Gosthastami
Sri Gadadhara Das Goswami - Disappearance - Tirubhav
Sri Dhananjaya Pandit - Disappearance - Tirubhav
Srinivasa Acarya - Disappearance - Tirubhav
Sri Jagaddhatri Puja

Srila Gaura Kishora das babaji - Disappearance - Tirubhav
(Fasting till noon on the ekadasi - 12th November)
(Feasting is done tomorrow)

Sri Bhisma Pancaka
Fasting on Suddha Ekadasi for Utthana - Devotthani Ekadasi - (Fasting from Beans and Grains - 12th November 2005  in NZ)

Sri Bhugarbha Goswami - Disappearance - Tirubhav
Sri Kasisvara Pandit - Disappearance - Tirubhav

Sri Krsna Rasayatra
Sri Tulasi-Saligram Vivaha (marriage)
Sripad Nimbarkacarya – Appearance - Avirbhav
Chaturmasya vrata ends.

Vrscika Sankranti (Sun enters Scorpio)

Sri Katyayani vrata begins for those young maidens looking for a husband (17th Nov 2005 in NZ)

Sri Narahari Sarkar Thakur - Disappearance - Tirubhav

Fasting on Suddha Ekadasi for Utpanna Ekadasi - (Fasting from Beans and Grains - 28th November 2005  in NZ)

Sri Kaliya Krsna dasa - Disappearance - Tirubhav

Sri Saranga Thakur - Disappearance - Tirubhav

Odan sasthi

Fasting on Suddha Ekadasi for Trisprsa Mahadvadasi - Fasting for Mokshada Ekadasi
(Fasting from Beans and Grains - 12th December 2005  in NZ)
Advent of Srimad Bhagavad-gita - The day Bhagavad Gita was spoken by Lord Krishna

Sri Katyayani vrata ends

Dhanus Sankranti (Sun enters Sagittarius)

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada - Disappearance - Tirubhav (Fasting till noon)

Christmas Day - Xmas Madness - 25th December 2005

Fasting on Suddha Ekadasi for Saphala Ekadasi - (Fasting from Beans and Grains - 27th December 2005  in NZ)

Sri Devananda Pandit - Disappearance - Tirubhav

Sri Mahesa Pandit - Disappearance - Tirubhav
Sri Uddharana Datta - Disappearance - Tirubhav

Sri Locana Das Thakur - Appearance - Avirbhav

Srila Jiva Goswami - Disappearance - Tirubhav
Sri Jagadisa Pandit - Disappearance - Tirubhav

Fasting on Suddha Ekadasi for Putrada Ekadasi - (Fasting from Beans and Grains - 10th January 2005  in NZ)

Sri Jagadisa Pandit - Appearance - Avirbhav

Sri Krsna Pusya abhisheka
Makara Sankranti (Sun enters Capricorn) all about Makara sankranti

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kasmad ekadasi jata tasyah ko va vidhir dvija
kada va kriyate kim va phalam kim va vadasva me

ka va pujyatama tatra devata sad-gunarnava
akurvatah syat ko dosa etan me vaktum arhasi

"Oh Gurudeva! When did Ekadasi take birth and from whom did she appear? What are the rules of fasting on the Ekadasi? Please describe the benefits of following this vow and when it should be followed. Who is the utmost worshippable presiding deity of Sri Ekadasi? What are the faults in not following Ekadasi properly? Please bestow your mercy upon me and tell about these subjects, as you are the only personality able to do so."

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Indradyumna Swami's "Diary of a Travelling Preacher" blog:
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Kurma prabhu's Travel Diary Blog:
Hello there ! I have a new Blog (weblog) Travel Diary. Follow my very latest culinary travels: http://www.kurma.net and click on the blog link right side of page.
Hope all is well with you. Happy cooking, Kurma

Prahladananda Swami's Health blog: On the road, Journal, Audio, Health, Photos etc
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Rati Manjari mataji - Every Town & Village - newsletter, which consists of a collective contribution from preachers throughout the UK. To view or download it click the link below:
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Sit Properly dot com - go to extras 4 the blog - lots of useful info especially for new devotees throughout site
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From the virtual pen of Sita-pati dasa http://blog.worldsankirtan.net/sitapati/
News and views from Sita-pati dasa in Brisbane Australia.

Hare Krishna Cultural Journal - Krishna-Kirti dasa in USA - A commentary on the culture, views and progress of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
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The International Society for Education in Krsna Consciousness http://www.isekc.com/ has a Blog called Vaishnava Sanga which one can access from the ISEKC home page.

News stories, articles, comment, insights, features, and Vaisnava perspectives available on-line from http://www.iskcon.com/new/

Vraj journal
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Srimad Bhagavad Gita AS IT IS

Bhagavad Gita:  Chapter 5 -  Karma-yoga : Action in Krsna Consciousness

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                       yuktah karma-phalam tyaktva
                        santim apnoti naisthikim
                           ayuktah kama-karena
                         phale sakto nibadhyate

   WORD FOR WORD

   yuktah--one who is engaged in devotional service; karma-phalam--the
   results of all activities; tyaktva--giving up; santimn--perfect
   peace; apnoti--achieves; naisthikim--unflinching; ayuktah--one who
   is not in Krsna consciousness; kama-karena--for enjoying the result
   of work; phale--in the result; saktah--attached;
   nibadhyate--becomes entangled.

                               TRANSLATION

   The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he
   offers the result of all activities to Me; whereas a person who is
   not in union with the Divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his
   labor, becomes entangled.

  PURPORT by HDG Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

   The difference between a person in Krsna consciousness and a person
   in bodily consciousness is that the former is attached to Krsna
   whereas the latter is attached to the results of his activities.
   The person who is attached to Krsna and works for Him only is
   certainly a liberated person, and he has no anxiety over the
   results of his work. In the Bhagavatam, the cause of anxiety over
   the result of an activity is explained as being one's functioning
   in the conception of duality, that is, without knowledge of the
   Absolute Truth. Krsna is the Supreme Absolute Truth, the
   Personality of Godhead. In Krsna consciousness, there is no
   duality. All that exists is a product of Krsna's energy, and Krsna
   is all good. Therefore, activities in Krsna consciousness are on
   the absolute plane; they are transcendental and have no material
   effect. One is therefore filled with peace in Krsna consciousness.
   But one who is entangled in profit calculation for sense
   gratification cannot have that peace. This is the secret of Krsna
   consciousness--realization that there is no existence besides Krsna
   is the platform of peace and fearlessness.

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Copyright 1983 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with permission.

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Demoniac Doctors

Before coming to America, Prabhupada was a family man. One day his servant began to cry out in what seemed to be great discomfort, "Oh, I am dying! I am dying!"

Prabhupada immediately called an ambulance and went with the man to the hospital.

In the hospital, several doctors examined the servant and concluded that he required an immediate operation. Prabhupada asked why, and the doctors gave a technical answer. Then a senior physician came and said they would wait until morning to operate. Prabhupada returned home. His wife then told him that a neighbor's wife had come and told her that the servant was only drunk. "No," Prabhupada replied, "the doctors said this is a serious case. He needs an operation."

The next morning the servant came home. When Prabhupada asked him why he had returned, the man replied that he was all right and did not need an operation.

After telling this story to his disciples, Prabhupada explained how demoniac doctors simply want to operate. He recounted how whenever one goes to a doctor in America, they immediately require you to give blood. Then they give you an injection. He said that sometimes in India doctors inject only water and then charge a fee. The doctor will ask, "Which do you want, a bottle of medicine or an injection?" The patient will ask for whichever is better, and the doctor will then give the patient an injection of water and charge five rupees. In this way, Prabhupada illustrated how human civilization is a society of cheaters and the cheated.

Room conversation in Gorakhpur, February 14, 1971.

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Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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"Krishna--All Attractive"

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Lecture -- Los Angeles, May 18, 1972

Listen to the entire lecture on-line:
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Prabhupada: (chants mangalacarana prayers) So ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindly participating in our, this Krsna consciousness movement. As you know, from the very name, "Krsna consciousness,"... When this society was registered in 1966 in New York, some friend suggested that the society may be named as "God consciousness." Krsna, they thought that Krsna... In the dictionary also, it is said, "Krsna is a Hindu god's name." In English dictionary. But actually, if there is any name or if there any name can be fixed up for God, it is Krsna. God has practically no name. "No name" means He has name, but nobody knows how many names He has. Yes, that is the way. Because God is unlimited, therefore His names must be also unlimited. You cannot fix up one name. Just like Krsna is sometimes called Yasoda-nandana, the son of Mother Yasoda. That is quite all right, because He played the part of son of Yasoda-ma. So Yasoda-nandana means son of Yasoda. Devaki-nandana, son of Devaki. Vasudeva-nandana, Nanda-nandana, Partha-sarathi. Partha-sarathi means He acted as the charioteer of Arjuna, Partha, the son of Prtha. Arjuna's mother's name was Prtha. So Arjuna's another name -- Partha. And because He acted as the charioteer of Partha, His name is Partha-sarathi. So actually, Krsna, or God, has many dealings with His many devotees, and that particular dealing may be called His name. Therefore... He has innumerable devotees, therefore He has innumerable names. You cannot fix up one name.

But this Krsna name means "all-attractive." He attracts everyone. That is the real name, all-attractive. You have seen Krsna's picture. He is attractive to the animals, cows, calves, birds, bees, trees, plants, water, in Vrndavana. He's attractive to the cowherds boy. He's attractive to the gopis, He's attractive to Nanda Maharaja, He's attractive to the Pandavas. He's still attractive to the whole human society. Therefore, if any particular name can be given to God, that is Krsna. And Parasara Muni, a great saint, father of Vyasadeva, who compiled all the Vedic literatures, his father, Parasara Muni, He gave definition of God:

aisvaryasya samagrasya
viryasya yasasah sriyah
jnana-vairagyayos caiva
sad iti bhagam gana
 (Visnu Purana 6.5.47)

By these six opulences, one can ascertain what is God. What are those opulences? That He's the proprietor of all riches. Here, we have got experience, one rich man. One may be very rich man, but nobody can say that he is the richest, there is no other man who is not richer than him. Nobody can say. But Krsna, when He was present, those who have read Srimad-Bhagavatam, the history of Krsna... We have described in our book, Krsna. He had 16,108 wives. And each wife had a big palace, made of marble, bedecked with jewels, the furnitures made of ivory and gold. The descriptions are there. So in the history of the human society, you cannot find out any person who had 16,000 wives and 16,000 palaces. Not only that, it is not that He used to go to one wife's house one day, or one night. No. He was present in every one house personally. That means He expanded Himself in 16,108 forms. That is not very difficult. If God is unlimited, then He can expand Himself in unlimited forms; otherwise there is no meaning of unlimited. If God is omnipotent, He can maintain 16,000. Why 16,000? He can maintain 16,000,000's still, it is imperfect. Otherwise there is no meaning of omnipotency.

So, these are the attractive features. Here in this material world, if one man is very rich, he is attractive. Just like in your country, there are rich men, Rockefeller, Ford. They are very attractive, on account of their richness. So aisvaryasya sama... Still... They do not possess all the wealth, riches of the world; still, they are attractive. So how much God will be attractive because He's the possessor of all the riches? Similarly, aisvaryasya samagrasya, viryasya, strength. Krsna, when He was present, from the beginning of His birth He had to fight. When he was only three months old... He was lying down on the lap of His mother. There was a Putana demon. She wanted to kill Krsna, but she was killed. So that is God. God is from the very beginning God. Not that by some meditation, by mystic power, one becomes God. Krsna was not that type of God. Krsna was God from the very beginning of His appearance. Viryasya.

Aisvaryasya samagrasya viryasya, yasasah, then reputation. His fame, reputation, is still going on. Apart from us... We are devotees of Krsna. We may glorify Him. But apart from us, many millions of people are there in this world; still, they know how much reputed and famous is Krsna by His Bhagavad-gita. In all countries, all over the world. This Bhagavad-gita is read by all philosophers, all scholars, all religionists. Still, those who are reading Bhagavad-gita... There are many editions in your country. There are many editions. All of them are selling nicely. Our Bhagavad-gita, Bhagavad-gita As It Is, the latest report is from the trades manager of Macmillan Company, who are our publisher. The report is that our Bhagavad-gita As It Is is increasing in sale, others are decreasing. The reason is that we are presenting Bhagavad-gita as it is, without any adulteration. Anything, market, if the commodity is pure... Gold, if it is pure, it has more customers. Milk, if it is pure, it has got more customers. So that we are finding. Because we are presenting Bhagavad-gita as it is, we are finding more customers. So, this is the fame. And, yasasah sriyah. Sriyah, beauty. Krsna is Himself very beautiful, and all His associates are very beautiful. That is also opulence.

continued.......................

"Glory to the Sri Krishna Samkirtan which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years together. Thus the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death, is extinguished. The Samkirtan Movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction Moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge, it increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it helps us to have a taste of the full nectar for which we are always anxious."

(Every Town & Village, album cover)

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What's So Special About Chanting Hare Krishna?
By Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandan dasa ACBSP):
http://www.stephen-knapp.com/chanting_hare_krishna.htm

Hare Krishna is NOT "a Cult":
Is ISKCON a Cult or part of the "Hindu Culture" or Something Else?
http://www.hknet.org.nz/not-a-cult.html

Hare Krishna is NOT a Cult letter by Kunti dd editor of Hare Krishna World:
http://www.hknet.org.nz/HK-no-cult.html

40+ Years of Krishna Consciousness through Iskcon.........
http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa081201a.htm

Very nice articles and numerous links on the About Hinduism web-site.

What is ISKCON ???
http://www.iskcon.org/main/twohk/iskcon/what.htm

Is Iskcon a Cult?
http://www.hknet.org.nz/not-a-cult.html

Iskcon and Hinduism
http://www.hknet.org.nz/IskconHinduism.html

New to Krishna Consciousness - these topics 4 you
http://harekrishnaworldnews.blogspot.com/2005/08/new-to-krishna-consciousness.html

For those who are new to the Krishna Conscious philosophy,
here are a series of FLASH presentations introducing the philosophy to beginners.

What is Krishna Consciousness? (172k)
How can we become Krishna Conscious? (144k)
What is the Soul? (412k)
What is Yoga? (396k)
What is the Maha mantra? (216k)
What is Sanskrit? (64k)
What is the syllable Om? (312k)
Who is the girl with Krishna? (200k)
What are the Incarnations of the Lord (1.2mb)

http://www.iskcon.com.au/New_to_Krishna.html

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SONGS AND MANTRAS by Vaishnava spiritual masters:
http://web.tiscali.it/no-redirect-tiscali/gopala/Vaishnava-Songs/index.html

Vaishnava Song Book:
http://www.iskcon.org/sastra/f_vs.html
http://www.iskcon.org/sastra/vs_other.html

Vedic Art Publications
http://www.vedicarts.net/catalogmain.html

Vrindavan Art
http://www.vrindavanart.com/index.php?gallery=gal14

Mayapur Darshans

http://www.mayapur.com
http://www.photo.net/photos/Vrindavan Lila
http://www.maphoto.tk
http://www.mayapur-katha.tk
http://www.dipika.org/mainpages/contributors/vrindavan.lila.dd.htm
http://www.geocities.com/mayapurkatha1

Radhastami photo-gallery:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=528023

Nrisimha Deva's photo-gallery:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=500789

Also we are sending out mailing lists with regular postings of video clips,
photos and PDF jornals.

to SUBSCRIBE to our FREE MAILING LISTs:

- MAYAPUR KATHA for web-magazines (PDF) send request to
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  "Mayapur Darshan" <Mayapur.Darshan@pamho.net>

- Second SUNDAY MAILING LIST - photos of Mayapur, send request to
  Padmalochan.ACBSP@pamho.net / vrindavanlila@photo.net

Iskcon Mayapur are looking at starting a new WWW web-site, and are looking for a sponsor
if you are interested is assisting this great project please contact
Padmalochan.ACBSP@pamho.net or his wife vrindavanlila@photo.net

Listen to or download Prabhupad lectures and bhajans
http://chantandbehappy.com/prabhupada/index.html

Devotional Bhajans and kirtans
http://chantandbehappy.com/bhajans/index.html

Hundreds of devotional songs by various artists - singers - performers - and many more coming soon:
http://www.radiokrishna.com/modules.php?name=NukeView&file=index&query=http://www.radiokrishna.com/rkc_archive_new/index2.php

Download songs
http://www.harekrsna.cz/mp3/folk/

Krishna Vision of Krishna Prema dasa ACBSP Sound Track Vol. 4 samples:
http://www.krisnavision.narod.ru/

Sydney temple Audio page
http://www.iskcon.com.au/Audio.html

Leicester Temple UK Audio page - many bhajans and kirtans
http://www.gauranga.org/audio_page.htm

Listen to Krishna Radio on various subjects on-line:
http://www.krishna.com/newsite/main.php?id=260

Hare Krishna Media Library
http://www.harekrishna.org.au/

Agama Tantra and the Vaishnava Samskaras as a way of life:

Recently I was asked, "Don't you find it an inconvenience to always be checking to see when is the right time to do this or the best time for that?"

In simple terms my answer was and still is; if you go to the bus or railway station or airport it is probably an intelligent venture to enquire about the times and routes of vehicles than to just hope that one will be along soon, or one is going in your direction.

There are subtle influences in the Universe that, for thousands of years gone by, advanced cultures have honoured, respected and utilised. Before the corruption of the Vedik literatures by the Christian and Moslem invaders to India all these things were used; Ayurvedik Medicine; Vedik Astrology; etc. Today there's a rennaisance among many to revive these arts.

We have been trained and studied to be able to provide these services. See some of my sites:

http://www.hknet.org.nz/jtcd-samskaras.html
http://www.iskcon.net/nz-namahatta/jtcd/1-homepage.html

or contact me directly: mailto:jtcd@xtra.co.nz

aham kratur aham yajnah
svadhaham aham ausadham
mantro 'ham aham evajyam
aham agnir aham hutam

"But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing herb,
the transcendental chant. I am the butter and the fire and the offering."(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita 9.16)

Krishna conscious affirmations:

 Always remember Krishna and never forget Him

Join and receive Krishna conscious affirmations:
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By popular demand - Looking for a devotee husband or wife?
&
Marriage Synastry

Devotee Meeting-Place Web site - FREE Service:
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or HERE

BHAKTI YOGA SINGLES:
This list is for Bhakti Yoga singles. Those who practice Bhakti Yoga are known as Vaisnavas.
This list is therefore called Vaisnava Singles.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vaisnavasingles

Post a Message: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vaisnavasingles/post

Vegetarian Singles:
This list is for vegetarian singles. I know it can be difficult to get to know someone. There may not be anyone who can help us to get to know that special someone. We've got the computer now. So signup and start letting people know you're lonely.
Don't keep it a secret any longer.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vegetariansingles

Post a Message:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vegetariansingles/post

Post your singles ads here.
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/devoteesingles

.....think you've found someone special......
Marriage Compatibility Checking - Synastry

For marriage compatibility analysis bookings
http://www.hknet.org.nz/3-synastry.html

For more information about the system of analysis - the Vedik Kuta system
http://www.hknet.org.nz/synastry9page.htm

For more information about Vedik Marriage Compatibility
http://www.hknet.org.nz/MarriageSynastry4U.html

......and the process of Vaishnava Vivaha - sacred marriage

Gurukuli.com
A positive, safe environment to meet and chat
http://youth.rupa.com

BRITish CREW - Gurukuli forum
http://britcrew.com

Young F.O.L.K.
Young Friends Of Lord Krishna
 http://www.hknet.org.nz/YoungFOLK.htm

ete cäàça-kaläù puàsaù
kåñëas tu bhagavän svayam
indräri-vyäkulaà lokaà
måòayanti yuge yuge

“All the lists of the incarnations of Godhead submitted herewith are either plenary expansions or parts of the plenary expansions of the Supreme Godhead, but Kåñëa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.” (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.28)

rämädi-mürtiñu kalä-niyamena tiñöhan
nänävatäram akarod bhuvaneñu kintu
kåñëaù svayaà samabhavat paramaù pumän yo
govindam ädi-puruñaà tam ahaà bhajämi

“I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda [Kåñëa], who is always situated in various incarnations such as Räma, Nåsiàha and many subincarnations as well, but who is the original Personality of Godhead known as Kåñëa, and who incarnates personally also.” (Brahma samhita 5:39.)

Hindu Gods, Goddesses & Devas Wallpaper - 22 different ones, and screensavers too.
http://coolbuddy.com/wallpapers/Religious/hindu_god_home.htm

The Devotee List - Iskcon and Gaudiya math(s):
(It's still being developed, and a lot of devotees are not here......)
http://devotee.s5.com/index.html

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Vedik World Heritage pages

Read enlivening articles
See pictures of exhumed relics
Understand conspirital deceptions...
Join the renaissance to rebuild the Golden Age in the Kali-yuga
Find out about Vedik heritage items all around the world.....

Send in your articles and news:
http://www.hknet.org.nz/VWH.html

See more similar pages and links http://www.hknet.org.nz/VWH.html and http://www.hknet.org.nz/index-Vedik.htm

Vedik Culture list
 mailto:vediculture-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

A selection of interesting Krishna conscious articles from New Panihati - Atlanta temple USA:
http://newpanihati.tripod.com/NewsGroup/KCNectar/KCNectarMain.htm

Paradigms - where things are not all they seem

Krishna conscious Dramas and plays:
A collection of 88 transcendental dramas assembled and presented for the pleasure of
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
http://www.cedarpost.com/krsnaconsciousplays/default.htm

Wonderful modern Krishna conscious plays:
http://www.cedarpost.com/krsnaconsciousplays/TableOfContents.htm

These are great for Sunday feasts, or school programs or street presentations, or just for our own understanding.

Read here what Prabhupad says about such plays and dramas:
http://www.cedarpost.com/krsnaconsciousplays/PlaysP2SPquotes.htm

Hare Krsna!

In the download section of my website  http://tinyurl.com/9er95 you will find a copy of Ganguly's complete English translation of the Mahabharata (originally in 13 hardback volumes) in HTML format. It is in a 7.5 MB zipped file.

The Mahabharata explains by example how Lord Krsna's Vedic culture and Varnashrama Dharma are meant to work. Where the Manu Smriti is a concise book of laws for Mankind the Mahabharata shows how those laws are applied. The Mahabharata along with the Ramayana have been the main foundation for the continuation of Vedic culture because they are easily accessible to the masses. The Mahabharata was actually written for the unfortunate people of the Kali Yuga to help uplift them. A close study of the Mahabharata and Ramayana in conjunction with the Manu Samhita would serve as a good guide on how to implement Varnashrama Dharma. And, in conjunction with the Srimad Bhagavatam, insight into Daivi Varnashrama Dharma. The Mahabharata is thus an essential text for anyone interested in implementing VAD.

The Mahabharata is a vast treasure house of Brahminical knowledge and as the Mahabharat itself says: "What is found in the Mahabharata may be found in other texts; whatever is not found in the Mahabharata is not found anywhere."

You will also find a PDF copy  of a canto of Agnivesa's Caraka Samhita (an Ayurvedic text) entitled Sarirasthana, a fascinating account of how the body is formed starting with philosophical details, conception, karmic details, embryology etc. I once gave this text to an obstetrician to read while she was waiting to see me and she was astounded at how much knowledge was contained in such an ancient text. Size 14 MB

Yours faithfully,

Shyamasundara Dasa

http://www.ShyamasundaraDasa.com
"krsnas tu bhagavan svayam"

The Formidable Audio page - Bhajans, Kirtans, Lectures many Iskcon devotees:
http://www.iskcon.com.au/Audio.html

and

Bhajans and Kirtans
http://chantandbehappy.com/bhajans/index.html

and

Download latest Real Player for Free:
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Listen to audio and view videos on-line here:
http://www.prabhupada.org/prabhupadadesh/a_deposito_oggetti/Archivio_Audio-Video/index.php?q=t&t=EN
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There's literally hundreds of bhajans, kirtans and videos segments to check out.............try all the folders too.......

Devotional bhajanas, kirtans and mantras:
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Nectar for kids and adults alike:
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...........more Audio sites linked HERE

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Prosecutors Veto Construction of Krishna Temple in Russian Capital
http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/
BY: STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Nov 1, MOSCOW (SUN) — The prosecutor’s office of the Russian capital has cancelled city hall’s decision to build a Krishna temple in northern Moscow, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday. A spokesman for the Moscow city prosecutor’s office told the agency, that a check carried out by the prosecutors had revealed violations of land-use legislation by the city officials who penned the order on construction of a Krishna temple at 39 Leningradsky Prospekt.

The prosecutor’s office has informed the city mayor of its findings and urged him to take measures to remedy the situation, the spokesman said. “The government of Moscow has recognized the reasoning substantiated and satisfied the request of the prosecutor’s office by canceling the order issued earlier,” the prosecutor’s office said.

Sign the petition:

Appeal to President Mr. Putin for protection of Hindu dharma in Moscow PetitionOnline

Dear Friends,

I have just Filed and signed the online petition:
 "Appeal to President Mr. Putin for protection of Hindu dharma in Moscow."

hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition
service, at:

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/bp9s1941/

I personally filed and agree with what this petition says, and I think you might
agree, too.  If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider
signing yourself.

Best wishes,

Bhailal Patel
Bhailal Patel
Chairman and Founder, Vishwa Bharatiya Samaj * (International Society for Indian at Large). NEW Delhi, Bombay, Ahmedabad (India) VBS.

Founder and Trustee of Federation of Indian Associations (FIA), Chicago and North American Federation of Indian Associations, USA.

Former President of Federation of Indian Association (FIA) Chicago and North American Federation of Indian Association USA. Former Vice President and Trustee: Vishwa Gujarati Samaj. Ahmedabad. Bharat (INDIA)
__________________________________________________________
Appeal to President Mr. Putin for protection of Hindu dharma in Moscow.

View Current Signatures   -   Sign the Petition

To:  Govt. of Russia, USA , India and UNO

To

President Vladimir Putin
The President of Russia
The Presidential Executive Office
4, Staraya Square, Moscow, 103132
http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/articles/send_mail_ok_Eng1.shtml

Subject: The Mayor of Moscow cancelled the order issued by the Moscow Government one and a half years ago giving ISKCON Moscow a plot of land for construction of a new temple to replace the old temple building

Dear President Mr. Putin:

I was very upset to learn that the land in Moscow had given for the construction of the new Vedic Hare Krishna temple has recently been taken away in an unfair and unprecedented arbitrary decision by Mayor of Moscow, Mr.Yuriy Luzhkov.

Since 1989 the ISKCON Hare Krishna temple has been the only place of worship for thousands of followers of Hindu dharma among both the Indian and Russian communities in Moscow. In 2003 the Moscow Government requested ISKCON to vacate their building. In exchange the Mayor's office gave a new plot of land for the construction of a new temple complex in a prominent part of the city and made to relocate there despite there being no sewerage or electricity connections. ISKCON spent over $250,000 constructing temporary facilities to continue worship operations.

Since October 2003 the temple activities have been conducted in a temporary facility on the gifted land with the expectation of planning approval for a new and wonderful Temple and Vedic Cultural Center. The old building was immediately demolished.

Without warning, on October 7, 2005 the Mayor of Moscow, Mr. Luzhkov arbitrarily withdrew the decision of the Moscow Government on the excuse of some technical mistakes made in the wording of the deed of gift. Further, he issued an order of eviction to remove the devotees from the land, with no alternative offered.

This was done without any consultation or even clarification. Now thousands of followers of Hinduism in Moscow can be legally kicked out from the temporary facilities at any moment

If this unrighteous decision is upheld thousands of members of the Indian community and the followers of Hare Krishna in Moscow will have no place of worship.

This is a gross violation of their religious and human rights.

I hereby request you as the person who is entrusted to protect the law and order in the country of Russia to please urgently investigate the situation and reestablish justice.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/bp9s1941/

Kusakratha Prabhu's life is an inspiration to the devotees of Lord Krishna. I first saw him in the San Francisco temple, where he was staying for a short time, just coming from the NY temple. He was sensitive to the cold weather, and so he wore pants or jeans under his dhoti.  He chanted japa very, very slowly, carefully pronouncing each syllable of the maha-mantra, taking several hours to chant his rounds. This is a great example for us all, to remember to slow down and carefully enunciate the holy names during our japa.  I believe that he went to San Diego after that, where he told me that he would sometimes eat 20 japatis in a single sitting.  Eventually he settled down in LA, and it was there at New Dwarka that I got to know him. I went to his  room occasionally and we would talk for some time. He taught Sanskrit to the kids in gurukula and served with the BBT. Kusa was a transcendental genius, and a bit of an avadhuta. He was always in high spirits. Often  we would see each other at a distance, on Watseka, and he would  immediately raise both arms above his head, in the Lord Caitanya mudra, walking briskly with a gleeful look on his face. I would raise my arms too as  we both shouted out “Nitai-Gour!”  He had a cowherd boy sense of humor and his speech was always full of Vaikuntha happiness.

Kusakratha was resolute in purpose, reminding me of the Gita verse,  ekaha kuru nanadana, "Those who are on this path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is one."BG2.41.  He utilized every moment for his service, being requested by devotees to produce the Krishna Library Corporation editions, the translations of some of the Gosvami's books. He was a transcendental genius, being precocious as a boy, in music and literature. Along with being a genius, he was eccentric like an  avadhuta, always inattentive to the exterior world, because of his constant internal absorption in Krishna and His service. A typical genius, like Einstein, is usually eccentric and absent minded, being absorbed in material lofty subjects like physics, trying to figure out the Lord's material energy, with quantum theories and so on, but such genius is inconsequential to the real goal of life. Fortunately for us, Kusakratha’s genius was not wasted on material calculations, but was properly used for glorification of Lord Sri Krsna, by rendering transcendental literatures of the Gosvamis into English, only for the glorification of Sri Uttamasloka, meaning "one who is worshipped by the best of selected Sanskrit verses."

Srila Prabhupada writes in Cc that he recommends for some devotees to read Lalita-madhava and other works of the Gosvamis, [and I may add  this recommendation, after one has read Srila Prabhupada’s books 2-3 times], and these are his exact words- "Actually going to Vrndavana involves taking shelter of the six Gosvamis by reading the  Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, Vidagdha-madhava, Lalita-madhava and the other books that they have given. In this way one can understand the transcendental loving affairs between Radha and Krsna."Adi 8.31P. Srila Prabhupada made several other statements like this, and I believe there was a morning walk comment  that he aspired that his disciples would finish the translations of the  works of the Gosvamis. Kusa took up this service, requested by devotees, so that we could take advantage of Srila Prabhupada's recommendations  above.

After 1977 some devotees formed the Vaisnava Institute, which was later changed to the Krishna Library Corporation. The purpose was to fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s desire that the works of the six Gosvamis be  printed.

The Krishna Library was mainly Kusakratha dasa as the translator, with several members of the board to oversee his productions. The board members were comprised of several devotees like Rabindranatha and Srikanta, mature disciples of Srila Prabhupada, who all encouraged Kusa to do this service. In this way, the edict of Srila Krishna dasa  Kaviraja was fulfilled, that being that no one should attempt to write or translate transcendental literatures without being sanctioned and  blessed by other Vaisnavas.

So, Kusa was single-minded in unalloyed devotion to his work. For this reason, when I came over for a visit, I had to think of many philosophical points and questions to pose to him about one of his  books, or some passage and it's meaning. I had to keep the philosophic topics flowing, because if the conversation got a hole in it and started to sink, then he would say, "time to get back to work." I never wanted to leave because such discussions were so nectarine and rare. He never wasted a moment.

When he first went to India and arrived in Vrndavan, he told me it only took him 5 minutes to know that he belonged in Vrindavan, and he  decided to move his whole operation to Vrndavan. He said that he would sneak  into the prasadam hall at odd times, when nobody was around. Because, if there was a crowd, then inevitably someone would say, "hey kush, how's it going?" and then he'd be captured for about 20 minutes of prajalpa and distraction. He didn't care for that, he just liked doing his work for Krishna. Kusa also told me that only a few people on the planet were  able to make conversation in Sanskrit, and he would sometimes converse with them in that way.

I remember one night, I accosted Kusa on Watseka, and we stopped on the sidewalk, leaning against the fence, telling a few jokes, with Kusa laughing hard. [Humor of a transcendental nature, of course.] I was thinking, "here I am, hanging out with Kusa on Watseka, cracking jokes, what an oddity." After a few minutes, he was back to work. It didn't matter if it was day or night, he was always going full throttle at his work.

He told me about the most amazing book order I've ever heard of. It  must have been a Guinness world record for a book sale in a single day, for  a solitary self-publisher. Here was just one man writing, translating, producing and printing and selling hundreds of titles, all by himself. One day he got a call from a German devotee, who asked him how much it would cost to get two copies of every book Kusa had in stock, plus the shipping to Germany. Kusa calculated for a while and then told the  German devotee it was, [if memory serves], about 5,000 dollars. The German devotee told Kusa that he was writing out the check, as they spoke.  What a sale. What a flood of nectar for the German devotees.

He had a funny way of getting prasadam sometimes. Cooking was not his proclivity, as it took too much of his time. Living in the green apartments there in New Dwarka, he said there were always an occasional Vaisnava gathering, or some birthday party, in one of the green apartments. Kusa had this uncanny sixth sense of knowing exactly when  the prasadam was about to be served, and at the opportune time he would  crash the party with his big steel plate, and the servers would load him up  to the top. In that way he would get prasadam that lasted another day. At feasts in the temple he would come with a huge bowl and tell the server in his ever-jovial voice, "don't be shy," and they would fill up his bowl, and that would hold him over to the next day.

His rooms were always full of books, and in my mind it was compared to  a pastime of the sixteenth century, when Srila Jiva Gosvami formed the first traveling sankirtan party, which consisting of Shrinivas, Narottam, and Shyamananda. They left Vrindavan with the manuscripts of the  original works by Rupa, Sanatan, Gopal Bhatta, Raghunath Das, and Jiva, in a  large wooden chest. These manuscripts were the only existing copies of these works, and so this wooden chest was said to be a treasure of "the most precious gems." During their journey, one night the chest was stolen by some dacoits, and afterwards there ensued the very nice pastime of how Srinivas recovered the stolen manuscripts and how King Birhambir became his disciple.

In that way, Kusa's room was